Games

[Dolt]

http://www.crytek.com/games/ryse/overview

CG Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm-_hDRD2mk

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012- ... eally-well

Crytek's Ryse, the long absent Roman warrior game that is built around the Kinect motion controller, is still in development - though a question mark remains on whether it's coming to the Xbox 360 or whether it's a next generation game.

Ryse was originally know as Kingdoms and made its first appearance at Microsoft's E3 conference in 2010. Since then it has shifted from Crytek's Budapest studio to its Frankfurt one, with the most recent reports suggesting that Crackdown 2 developer Ruffian Games is also involved.

"The development team shifted, but for different reasons than people assume," Crytek's Cevat Yerli told Eurogamer. "People think it's because it didn't work out, but actually it was a studio redirection - we wanted Budapest to focus a bit more on mobile and tablet, and they released Fibble, which was quite an excursion for Crytek. And we'll do more casual stuff but that's also free-to-play.

Regarding Crytek's branches:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crytek



So it is the Frankfurt guys that do the exciting work, and Ryse hasn't been left with one of the secondary branches (I was a little worried when I read the word "Kinect"). I was already intrigued by the setting. Now I'm really eager to see the game in action.

[Dolt]

Confirmation that Ryse is still alyve:

http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/11/42120 ... ryse-forza

Microsoft is working on a number of launch titles for its new Xbox console. One of the first games to launch on the next Xbox will be Ryse, according to multiple sources familiar with Microsoft's Xbox plans. Microsoft originally unveiled Ryse at E3 2011, promising an exclusive Xbox 360 release with Kinect functionality. A release has never materialized for Xbox 360 and the company has remained fairly silent about the title's progress, noting that it was still in development in mid-2012 and again earlier this year. The Verge understands that Crytek, along with Microsoft Studios, has been rewriting the game to take advantage of its next-generation console, due later this year.

We're told Ryse is designed to be Microsoft's new Gears of War / Halo mega launch title. It's set in the Roman Empire period and uses deep Kinect integration to allow players to slash and kick at enemies. We understand that Ryse will take advantage of the new body tracking improvements in the next Kinect sensor. Ryse is part of four major launch titles for the next-generation Xbox. Sources tell us that a new Forza title with "super life-like" graphics will also be made available at launch, alongside a zombie game and a family game set on an island with Pixar movie-style graphics. We're told that the family game will utilize Kinect to scan a body and generate a virtual character in the game.

[dinopoke]

http://www.allgamesbeta.com/2013/05/rys ... -info.html

Ryse confirmed for Xbox One, more info at E3

http://www.crytek.com/games/ryse/overview

[Dolt]

It's now called Ryse: Son of Rome.

E3 2013 Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MfYuP6L44k

Impressive looking stuff. I hope there will be some army control and strategy, because for a linear hack 'n slash I'm not yet convinced. It's nevertheless awesome to see Crytek apply their technology to a different genre, and it again makes me wonder what Crytek USA are up to.

[David]

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/06/why-ryse-is-the-most-frustrating-game-of-e3/

I’m on the battlefield. I’m stomping through the corpses of my comrades swinging my sword at anything that moves. I begin a combo, I slash twice and then whooom slow motion is initiated, shit is about to get ‘cinematic’. A button prompt hovers elusively above the sword I’m about to drive into the throat of my enemy… argh I’m too slow! The prompt flickers, disappears.

I missed it. Damn.

But then somehow, for some reason, I still complete the cinematic ‘kill’.

What?

Maybe it’s a bug I think, but no. Next time I deliberately press the wrong button. The kill goes ahead, no consequences. Then I try hitting no buttons whatsoever. The kill goes ahead. I put the controller on the table in front of me, the kill goes ahead.

What is going on here?

I ask one of the Crytek people hovering at the booth – is this a bug? Why am I completing kills when I hit the wrong button prompt? Or, worse, no button at all. Turns out it was a deliberate design choice.

“We don’t want the player to feel frustrated,” I am told.

Well it didn’t work. I didn’t work at all because I feel frustrated. I am frustrated because I am being denied the opportunity to be frustrated, denied the frustration that will motivate me to learn the game, to adapt.

Worse, I am being denied the visual feedback that informs me what I did correctly and what I did wrong, to the extent that the inputs I do make feel utterly meaningless. The buttons I am pushing do not control the avatar on screen and the disconnect is instantaneous. I am not in full control of what I do; I am not even partially in control.

Spare the rod, spoil the gamer. When there are minimal consequences to the inputs you make, the rewards you do receive feel empty. The idea behind this design decision, claims Crytek, is that players coming home from a hard day’s work don’t want to deal with the pressures and stress of playing perfectly. Instead of rewarding players with a gory cinematic for hitting the QTE correctly, players simply acquire a greater amount of XP or currency. But these are rewards that aren’t represented visually; the end result is that Ryse never feels fun to play.

[bradinf]

[Joshua]

Multiplayer footage from Gamescom 2013: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2Wgd8gZA9o

[Qpo]

http://news.xbox.com/2013/10/games-ryse-story-trailer

“Ryse: Sword of Damocles” features interactive panels which readers can use to unlock redeemable collectibles in the Xbox One game “Ryse: Son of Rome” after it launches. These collectibles provide players with in-game gold that can be used to purchase armor and weapon upgrades, and consumable, giving them an early leg up in the multiplayer aspect of the game.

Ryse: Sword of Damocles: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/games/ryse/comic

The Story of Ryse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT21_3fjBg4

The Legend of Damocles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U__xp6BkcSk

[infernovia]

Ryse: Fight for Rome trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnce_mKlmpw

[ingolfr]

Ryse Developer Flythrough: Rome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrIwKGBcUkc

For a couple seconds in that opening shot I forgot I was looking at a video game.

[shubn]

Launch Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0cVG0dcVVY

[Texas]

http://www.vg247.com/2014/08/07/ryse-son-of-rome-pc/

Xbox One launch title Ryse: Son of Rome, is coming to PC this fall through a publishing deal with Deep Silver for the boxed version and Crytek handling the digital distribution.

In addition, all of the Ryse: Son of Rome DLC packages that have been created and released since launch will be included in the PC version.

This includes the Colosseum Pack with two character skins and two Arena maps as well as the Mars’ Chosen Pack containing one new character skin and four Arena maps.

You can play the new Survival mode as well as the Duel of Fates Pack containing two character skins, two Arena maps, and one additional Survival map. There’s also the Morituri Pack, with three new Arena maps, two Survival maps, and five solo Arena maps.

Finally, PC players will also have instant access to the Ruins multiplayer map and the “Legionnaire’s Trust” sword initially released as part of a special edition of the game.

The game is also 4K resolution ready, according to the press release.

[icycalm]

Excellent. Glad I didn't play it already. No more mandatory upscaling shenanigans. I wonder if it will have a 4K-specific texture pack.